TOOL DETAILS
Title
Rural4Youth Summer Schools
Tool category
& type
Events:
Keyword(s)
Education, Mountain area, Rural economy
Summary
Within the “Ruraland” campaign, a specific project was carried out to create a link between education (universities) and rural development. A 7-day summer school was organised involving students from several Italian universities, with the aim of complementing academic knowledge with specific training focused on rural development issues. The summer school took place in a rural area of Tuscany. This area, called the “Garfagnana” mountain district, was chosen because of its capacity to provide best practices and successful experiences about rural development. The summer school included farm and field visits, meetings with relevant stakeholders, working groups and debate forums guided by NRN facilitators. The initiative also created an opportunity to bring together students with different backgrounds, geographic ranges and disciplinary fields and to stimulate high level professional debate among them.
Country
& RDP Region(s)
Italy
Main purpose
The summer school provided information and specific field experiences for students, in order to raise awareness of the opportunities for new forms of employment and professional careers in the rural world.
Related
tools used
Students were asked to analyse specific case-studies and to produce a short-documentary (3 minutes) including interviews with the stakeholders involved and relevant elements of the experience.
Target audience
General Audience:
Technical information
Date produced
September 2012 to February 2013
Cost range
€25 000 to €49 999
Publisher/
Organiser
Italian National Rural Network
Distribution & Promotion
Information on the activity was distributed through the website, Facebook and at the workshop.
Assessment of effectiveness
At the end of the initiative, students were asked to complete a questionnaire to evaluate the experience and propose further activities.
Name of organisation
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies
Type of
organisation
Managing Authority
Partner organisation(s)
National Forest Service (CFS) and National Office for Biodiversity
Image(s)
Name of contact person
Riccardo Passero
Telephone
0039 06 46 65 50 43
